Monday, April 25, 2016

World War III Has Begun — Paul Craig Roberts

The Third
World War is currently being fought. How long before it moves into its hot
stage?

Washington
is currently conducting economic and propaganda warfare against four members of
the five bloc group of countries known as BRICS—Brazil, Russia, India, China,
and South Africa. Brazil and South Africa are being destabilized with
fabricated political scandals. Both countries are rife with Washington-financed
politicians and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Washington concocts a
scandal, sends its political agents into action demanding action against the
government and its NGOs into the streets in protests.

Washington
tried this against China with the orchestrated Hong Kong “student protest.”
Washington hoped that the protest would spread into China, but the scheme
failed. Washington tried this against Russia with the orchestrated protests
against Putin’s reelection and failed again.

To
destablilze Russia, Washington needs a firmer hold inside Russia. In order to
gain a firmer hold, Washington worked with the New York mega-banks and the
Saudis to drive down the oil price from over $100 per barrel to $30. This has
put pressure on Russian finances and the ruble. In response to Russia’s
budgetary needs, Washington’s allies inside Russia are pushing President Putin
to privatize important Russian economic sectors in order to raise foreign
capital to cover the budget deficit and support the ruble. If Putin gives in,
important Russian assets will move from Russian control to Washington’s
control.

In my
opinion, those who are pushing privatization are either traitors or completely
stupid. Whichever it is, they are a danger to Russia’s independence.

Eric
Draitser provides some details of Washington’s assault on Russia:

As I have
often pointed out, the neoconservatives have been driven insane by their
arrogance and hubris. In their pursuit of American hegemony over the world,
they have cast aside all caution in their determination to destabilize Russia
and China.

By implementing
neoliberal economic policies urged on them by their economists trained in the
Western neoliberal tradition, the Russian and Chinese governments are setting
themselves up for Washington. By swallowing the “globalism” line, using the US
dollar, participating in the Western payments system, opening themselves to
destabilization by foreign capital inflows and outflows, hosting American
banks, and permitting foreign ownership, the Russian and Chinese governments
have made themselves ripe for destabilization.

If Russia
and China do not disengage from the Western system and exile their neoliberal
economists, they will have to go to war in order to defend their sovereignty.